Re: [Exim] using filter for maildirfolders

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Author: Robert Rotman
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To: Tamas TEVESZ
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] using filter for maildirfolders
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Robert Rotman wrote:
>
> > I do not want to build a seperate maildir-structure (new,cur,tmp...) within a filter.
> > I'd like to do some procmail-like sorting of incoming mails within a filter to
> > different maildir-folders.
> > the save comand within a filter always creates these maildir-structures but not
> > folders.
>
> the structures are part of the folders.
>
> a multiple-level maildir folder tree looks something like that
>
> INBOX
> +------>from foo
> +------>from bar
> +----+->from eximlist
>      +----> my own postings

>
> this will look on the filesystem as
>
> /some/place/maildir/{cur,new,tmp} <- INBOX
> /some/place/maildir/.foo/{cur,new,tmp} <- INBOX/foo
> /some/place/maildir/.bar/{cur,new,tmp} <- INBOX/bar
> /some/place/maildir/.eximlist/{cur,new,tmp} <- INBOX/eximlist
> /some/place/maildir/.eximlist.myown/{cur,new,tmp} <- INBOX/eximlist/myown
>
> is it anything like what you're getting ? (nb. iirc multiple-level
> folders are defined only in maildir++, but i'm not quite sure about
> that)


Yes thank you,
but if so - as described above - a user can even write in any
directory on the spool partition.
Is there some possibility to ristrict file operations to a certain directory
for a one-user setup?


robert